Polk County, AR
Demographic and economic profile of Polk County, AR, sourced from the US Census Bureau (American Community Survey) via Data USA.
AI Overview
Polk County, AR is a small rural county of 19,348 residents with a labor force participation rate of just 55.7% and an unemployment rate of 8.4%, reflecting a constrained workforce pool with limited educational attainment—only 17.2% hold a bachelor's degree or higher. Worker earnings are modest, with median worker earnings of $31,502 and a median household income of $49,191, though housing costs remain low with a median home value of $122,600 and median gross rent of $699/month. The county has shed 4.0% of its population over the past five years, and a poverty rate of 19.0% alongside a median age of 44.3 signal an older, economically stressed population base.
Claude Sonnet 4.6 · generated Jul 6, 2026 · derived from cached Census, BEA & ACS data on this page
Population Growth (5-year)
-4.0% since 2018
Polk County lost population at this rate over the prior 5-year ACS5 window.
Demographics
Race & Ethnicity
- White Alone17,029 (88.0%)
- Two Races Excluding Some Other Race, & Three or More Races950 (4.9%)
- Some Other Race Alone689 (3.6%)
- Two Races Including Some Other Race464 (2.4%)
- American Indian & Alaska Native Alone154 (0.8%)
- Native Hawaiian & Other Pacific Islander Alone34 (0.2%)
Top Languages Spoken at Home
- 1.Spanish897
- 2.German or other West Germanic117
- 3.Other Asian and Pacific Island43
- 4.French (incl. Cajun, Haitian)16
Economy
Cost of Living Index
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Top Industries
- 1.Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance1,994
- 2.Retail Trade (Group)1,230
- 3.Manufacturing (Group)1,101
- 4.Arts, Entertainment, & Recreation, & Accommodation & Food Services555
- 5.Construction (Group)554
Top Occupations
- 1.Management, Business, Science, & Arts Occupations2,586
- 2.Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations1,540
- 3.Sales & Office Occupations1,363
- 4.Service Occupations1,325
- 5.Natural Resources, Construction, & Maintenance Occupations1,052
Specialized Industries (Location Quotient)
- 1.Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting, & Mining (LQ 4.18×)525
- 2.Manufacturing (LQ 1.42×)1,112
- 3.Retail Trade (LQ 1.24×)1,061
- 4.Educational Services & Health Care (LQ 1.07×)1,964
- 5.Transportation, Warehousing, & Utilities (LQ 1.02×)470
Housing
Education
Workforce
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Data: US Census Bureau American Community Survey, served via Data USA and the Census Bureau API. See each metric tile for the specific dataset.